Re: CA × HI
One plant just put out this leaf
compared to what it was growing before
One plant just put out this leaf
compared to what it was growing before
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Now if only I had that problem... 
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D. hamiltonii
D. trinervia seedlings
D. hamiltonii
D. trinervia seedlings
This is the first year I've been doing anything vaguely systematic with seeds. This batch I started around this time last year. I had two batches intending to keep one wet through the summer and let the other dry out. The other pot got overrun with moss so I tossed it out. These I kept wet through out the summer and they didn't go dormant. If they did I would have let the pot dry out. I moved these outdoors as I am trying different growing conditions too.
They other batches I started in the fall around the time the mother plants started waking up. They aren't much bigger than 2mm either. Feed them as often as you can. Springtails which were on short supply around here for some reason are ideal.
They other batches I started in the fall around the time the mother plants started waking up. They aren't much bigger than 2mm either. Feed them as often as you can. Springtails which were on short supply around here for some reason are ideal.
Thanks. I've only fed them once so far, but I'm scared of killing them from mold. I'll move them next to my vent in my room during the summer, hopefully it will help keep them cool.
I made a new hybrid, although it's probably the worst one in history.... 'Tis D. tokaiensis x sp. "Lantau Island". I don't think it's any good because D. sp "Lantau Island" and D. tokaiensis are half related, so the hybrid look so much like D. sp. "Lantau Island" and D. tokaiensis.. Sorry that I'm not very good at explaining what I think. Haha.
It seems to have taken on the shape of D. tokaiensis while having the brilliant deep red colour of D. sp. "Lantau Island". As you can see I just re-potted it.
I still can't really say it's a hybrid yet, but I think it is. I have never seen a tok with colour that deep before.
I made a new hybrid, although it's probably the worst one in history.... 'Tis D. tokaiensis x sp. "Lantau Island". I don't think it's any good because D. sp "Lantau Island" and D. tokaiensis are half related, so the hybrid look so much like D. sp. "Lantau Island" and D. tokaiensis.. Sorry that I'm not very good at explaining what I think. Haha.
It seems to have taken on the shape of D. tokaiensis while having the brilliant deep red colour of D. sp. "Lantau Island". As you can see I just re-potted it.
I still can't really say it's a hybrid yet, but I think it is. I have never seen a tok with colour that deep before.
Very nice indeed!
D. helodes (best looking pygmy Drosera in my collection)
D. allantostigma
D. helodes (best looking pygmy Drosera in my collection)
D. allantostigma
Love the colours, NaN. I love pygmies... Are they growing in natural light?
Here are a bunch of D. intermedia "cuba" plants before and after repotting. They were cramped in this tiny pudding cup pot, which is 2 inches across and two inches deep.
repotting
The long roots were curling around at the bottom of the pot!
before and after
EDIT
I forgot to mention that it has been exactly one month after being repotted.
Here are a bunch of D. intermedia "cuba" plants before and after repotting. They were cramped in this tiny pudding cup pot, which is 2 inches across and two inches deep.
repotting
The long roots were curling around at the bottom of the pot!
before and after
EDIT
I forgot to mention that it has been exactly one month after being repotted.
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Such nice colors, guess I should sow those seeds I've had for years.
D. helodes is on the window sill. I usually start my gemmae indoors until they are big enough to survive the wind swept rain (rare) outdoors. They are doing so good where they are I left them there. The D. allantostigma are outdoors on the balcony.
D. helodes is on the window sill. I usually start my gemmae indoors until they are big enough to survive the wind swept rain (rare) outdoors. They are doing so good where they are I left them there. The D. allantostigma are outdoors on the balcony.
Interesting. I've never tried growing them outdoors.
Work in progress: D. graminifolia
Plantlets from cuttings, not seedlings. Takes months for cuttings to strike.
D. hamiltonii - any day now
D. hamiltonii - any day now
Water, I haven't tried sphagnum. Since the plant usually only has 4 leaves going at a time it takes a while between cuttings. It makes experimentation more difficult.
http://www.terraforums.com/forums/s...The-Dew-Line&p=1062342&viewfull=1#post1062342
http://www.terraforums.com/forums/s...The-Dew-Line&p=1062342&viewfull=1#post1062342
D. graomogolensis winter test. Towards the middle of fall I put one pot of cuttings outdoors while the other was on an east facing windowsill. Plants were approximately the same size and age coming from the same batch of cuttings.
Outdoors group (minimum temperature this winter 37°F)
Windowsill group (minimum temperature 64°F)
The winter group is not really growing. There are a number of D. venusta seedlings in there, a couple D. graomogolensis died. Windowsill pot has only a few plants left - others were donated to the NASC auction.
My recommendation that the temperatures for this species not go below 42°F still stands. They'll survive but have the indication of the slow one year dance-of-death that South American Drosera do if exposed to too low temperatures. Time will tell. Oversized, thick walled pots will help.
Outdoors group (minimum temperature this winter 37°F)
Windowsill group (minimum temperature 64°F)
The winter group is not really growing. There are a number of D. venusta seedlings in there, a couple D. graomogolensis died. Windowsill pot has only a few plants left - others were donated to the NASC auction.
My recommendation that the temperatures for this species not go below 42°F still stands. They'll survive but have the indication of the slow one year dance-of-death that South American Drosera do if exposed to too low temperatures. Time will tell. Oversized, thick walled pots will help.
